Ancestry in Mississippi (State)

Map of Ancestry by County in Mississippi

Ancestry by Place in Mississippi

There are 362 places in Mississippi. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Mississippi, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mississippi. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 7,969.

Ancestry by Metro Area in Mississippi

There are 23 metro areas that are fully or partially contained within Mississippi (21 fully and 2 partially). This section compares all 23 of those to each other, Mississippi, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mississippi.

Ancestry by County in Mississippi

There are 82 counties in Mississippi. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Mississippi, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mississippi. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 19,085.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in Mississippi

There are 410 county subdivisions in Mississippi. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, Mississippi, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mississippi. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 13,045.

Ancestry by State in the United States

There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares Mississippi to all of the states in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mississippi.

Ancestry by State in the South

There are 17 states in the South. This section compares Mississippi to all of the states in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Mississippi.

Definitions

This page discusses the self-reported ancestry of the residents of Mississippi. Respondents were not limited to one ancestry, so if a person reported both English and German, then they would be counted in both categories. Consequently, the sum of the counts over all the ancestries most often exceeds the total population of the entity. Asian and Hispanic ancestry is reported separately from European, Middle Eastern, and Subsaharan African ancestry. A full list of all possible categories is as follows:

• European, Middle Eastern, and Subsaharan African Ancestries: Afghan, Albanian, Alsatian, American, Arab, Egyptian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Lebanese, Moroccan, Palestinian, Syrian, Arab, Other Arab, Armenian, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, Australian, Austrian, Basque, Belgian, Brazilian, British, Bulgarian, Cajun, Canadian, Carpatho Rusyn, Celtic, Croatian, Cypriot, Czech, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, Eastern European, English, Estonian, European, Finnish, French, French Canadian, German, German Russian, Greek, Guyanese, Hungarian, Icelander, Iranian, Irish, Israeli, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxemburger, Macedonian, Maltese, New Zealander, Northern European, Norwegian, Pennsylvania German, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Serbian, Slavic, Slovak, Slovene, Soviet Union, Subsaharan African, Cape Verdean, Ethiopian, Ghanaian, Kenyan, Liberian, Nigerian, Senegalese, Sierra Leonean, Somali, South African, Sudanese, Ugandan, Zimbabwean, African, Other, Swedish, Swiss, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh, West Indian, Bahamian, Barbadian, Belizean, Bermudan, British West Indian, Dutch West Indian, Haitian, Jamaican, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, U.S. Virgin Islander, West Indian, Other West Indian, Yugoslavian, Other, and Unclassified
• Asian Ancestries: Indian, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Mongolian, Nepalese, Okinawan, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Other, Not Specified, and Mixed
• Hispanic Ancestries: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Salvadoran, Other Central American, South American, Argentinean, Bolivian, Chilean, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Uruguayan, Venezuelan, Other South American, Other Hispanic, Spaniard, Spanish, and Spanish American

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